Is it gross for an adult to only get a shower 3 times a week?

[AngryChair]

3 showers a week, AIBU to think this is a bit gross?

shower every morning, then after gym or sex without fail.

Depends on quantity of sexy times surely?!

Yes but 'other nations' have water shortages, no surprise if they are obsessive about washing all the time.

In Cyprus right now they have a water shortage and power shortage. I bet there are still thousands of Brits having twice-daily baths and showers in their hotels.

It's a real problem for tourist areas. Some countries don't even have access to clean drinking water so I think getting our knickers in knots about how many times we wash is a bit OTT

I try not to shower every day or my skin gets very dry and sore. I do wash and sometimes use wipes as well if im feeling sweaty.
And i dont smell. I know because ive asked. I was recently working in condidions closely with another person and washing facilities were not amazing to say the least. So out of courtesty to each other we agreed we would say if one of us smelt.
Even a bit.

I think getting our knickers in knots about how many times we wash is a bit OTT

Agreed.
I also think some people need to get a sense of humour. And a bath.

Some people need to stop making statements that denigrate women < shrug >

Ah, the humourless harridan gambit!

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Anyfucker - oh I see!

Just read back over the thread. How hilarious. Talk about self-righteous knickers in knots! Deary me some people really seem to take this whole thing a bit too seriously don't they?

Well I am very sorry to disappoint you but I am a woman.
I have a vagina. I can and will say whatever I like about vaginas.
My vagina is spectacularly lovely and gets a thorough scrub up every day. Surprising that so many women don't attend to their nethers either after sex or periods.
But, honestly, in the grand scheme of things, who the hell cares?
Unless of course the whiff of a malodorous minge drifts my way.

It's school holiday times, I think...

'My vagina is spectacularly lovely and gets a thorough scrub up every day.'

I'm sorry, but no way are you a woman!

I promise, every actual woman reading that just winced at the image of scrubbing a vagina. Ouch!

Well what am I? a man or a child? Make your bloody minds up!

Whilst you are wasting time doing that this 46 year old mother of three is going to get the Sunday lunch.

Bless you. You go on and get lunch.

Not quite sure what you mean by 'make your minds up' - I've never spoken to you before AFAIK, nor suggested your age or gender.

I'm going to carry on faffing around on the net and wasting time while DH cooks me scrambled eggs, since we're sharing info.

Or douche

@ scrubbing vagina

Oooh Stranded - that website is a bit evangelist, isn't it? The 'teen' at the top looks as if she's being overwhelmed by the ecstasy of having a naturally daisy-fresh fanjita.

Standing waist deep in some lush grass and being frottered by a pair of giant arrows is clearly a result of her following the advice on drying one's lady garden by setting "a hairdryer on its cool setting, or better yet, run around the house free and naked."

Now I know where I've been going wrong!

From now on, I shall waft my bits dry with a Thompson's Local directory, or just sit, legs akimbo, next to an open window for an hour or so.

lol @ TalcandTurnips

I guess it just goes to show...I'm genuinely shocked that so many people think that showering every other day is definitively gross, smelly and unhygeinic, especially since I've read/heard actual medical advice that this is often better than taking a daily shower. But clearly lots of people are shocked by the complete opposite. It takes all kinds...

Oh my god, I just actually read that article. I love this bit:

The vulva should be dried gently with a towel - remember detergents used on your flannels and towels can also cause irritation and harbour bacteria. An even better method is to avoid friction which causes the spread of bacteria. This can be done by setting a hairdryer on it's cool setting, or better yet, run around the house free and naked.

@ TalcAndTurnips

...and if I hadn't been flicking between three screens I'd have realised that my choice quote had already been posted

LRD

I'm sorry, but no way are you a woman!

and 10 minutes later ....

I've never spoken to you before AFAIK, nor suggested your age or gender

Erm.........?

Tethersend
What a cunt.
Thank you. You are not the first to say that - IT is spectacular.